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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Night and Outside the Town Wall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet believe the director is doing to him in "Prelude on the Stage"?
(a) Giving him his big break.
(b) Sabotaging him on purpose.
(c) Stifling his creativity.
(d) Giving him a platform on which he can write.

2. Where does "Night" take place?
(a) Faust's private chapel.
(b) Faust's kitchen.
(c) Faust's study.
(d) Faust's bedroom.

3. What does Faust try to deter Wagner from doing with his life?
(a) Going into the seminary.
(b) Wasting his life in a pub.
(c) Becoming a barrister.
(d) Following in Faust's footsteps of being a scholar.

4. What does Faust believe about the townspeople he and Wagner walk with during their holiday celebration after his suicide attempt?
(a) The people are all heretics.
(b) The people are mocking him.
(c) The people are liars.
(d) The people respect him.

5. What is Faust's method of suicide when he contemplates ending his life?
(a) Gunshot to the head.
(b) Self-immolation.
(c) Dagger to the heart.
(d) Poison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the clown profess to wanting for this play during "Prelude on the Stage"?

2. For what are the archangels praising God in the beginning of the play?

3. Why does Mephistopheles come to God in the "Prologue in Heaven"?

4. What holiday is being celebrated in "Outside the Town Wall"?

5. In what time does "Prelude on the Stage" take place?

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